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1000whp postwhore
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Chi-Town
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AND PS
i almost forgot this is almost the first question of every new owner if an orange light on the left side of the dash that might look like bars, a fence, its called the birdcage around here it means that ur coolant is low and jus fill up the secondary reservoir on the front of the car
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Diego, Ca
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Thanks for all the info man.
I'm def going to go test drive it. I'm still a little worried about the liability. I've read a lot of reviews stating they're great cars, but only if you can afford to keep them. |
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3" Exhaust
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Vancouver, WA.
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Any car worth keeping means doing regular upkeep on it and replacing parts that get old. Just depends on if it's worth it to YOU.
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1989 N/A Targa 5spd. Metallic Grey, w/grey interior. No mods done. |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Diego, Ca
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oh ya, fully understandable. But there is a point where there's regular upkeep and then there's Always upkeeping. Seriously, this is the situation i'm comming from. I owned a DSM (eclipse turbo) for a year now.
The longest I've gone driving this car w/o the CEL comming on was about...4 months. I mean, regular upkeep is nothing. oil changes, spark plug changes, maybe a tune up here and there. But going from head gasket, to Boost leak, to Starter failure, to exhaust manifold blowing, to this to that, and now ECU frying. I can't take it! LOL! I'm not trying to compare Supras and DSMs. But I need something reliable. but i also want that sports car fast. |
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3" Exhaust
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Vancouver, WA.
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If your'e looking at a car, take it to a shop, make sure everything is working properly, hell, do a diag on it before you even take it to a shop. A piece of 3" wire will tell you if it's throwing any codes. If ANYTHING seems odd about the car, walk away. After buying said car, do a tune up, I don't care if the previous owner just did one, do one anyway for the piece of mind.
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1989 N/A Targa 5spd. Metallic Grey, w/grey interior. No mods done. |
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Diego, Ca
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cool man.
Thanks for all the advice. ahhh excited to test drive it. for what the guy has done to the supra i posted above. is the price reasonable? |
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3" Exhaust
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Vancouver, WA.
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If it's in as good a condition as he says it's in, 3200 is a good price. I paid 4000 for my N/A 89 in excellent condition so to get a turbo in excellent condition yes, it's a good price.
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